71.   MFN agreements are pacts by which countries extend to each other benefits negotiated with other nations, such as customs duties and trade formalities.

72.   MFN agreements are pacts by which countries extend to each other benefits negotiated with other nations, covering such areas as customs duties and trade formalities.

73.   On Thursday parliament voted overwhelmingly to extend by three months the state of emergency first imposed last November.

74.   Nigeria has extended by two weeks the deadline for bids to manage its telecoms firm NITEL, officials said Thursday.

75.   On Thursday parliament voted overwhelmingly to extend by three months a state of emergency first imposed last November to combat the guerrillas.

76.   On Thursday, the group extended by one day its deadline to kill him unless its demands were met.

77.   Russia abstained Wednesday as the UN Security Council extended by six months the mandate of the UN force in Macedonia.

78.   The clash came just as King Gyanendra extended by three months a state of emergency imposed in November to combat the Maoist rebels.

79.   The council poll was originally due in May last year, but Kumaratunga used her constitutional powers to extend them by one year.

80.   The Czech parliament voted Wednesday to extend by five years a law preventing one-time senior Communist officials and secret police from holding top political and civil service posts.